| eviction | | |
| n. (act) | 1. constructive eviction, eviction | action by a landlord that compels a tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy); no physical expulsion or legal process is involved. |
| ~ coercion, compulsion | using force to cause something to occur.; "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn't have to use coercion" |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| n. (act) | 2. dispossession, eviction, legal ouster | the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law. |
| ~ due process, due process of law | (law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards. |
| ~ ouster | a wrongful dispossession. |
| ~ actual eviction | the physical ouster of a tenant from the leased premises; the tenant is relieved of any further duty to pay rent. |
| ~ retaliatory eviction | an eviction in reprisal for the tenant's good-faith complaints against the landlord; illegal in many states. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| evict | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. evict | expel or eject without recourse to legal process.; "The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m." |
| ~ evict, force out | expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process.; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months" |
| ~ eject, turf out, boot out, chuck out, exclude, turn out | put out or expel from a place.; "The unruly student was excluded from the game" |
| v. (contact) | 2. evict, force out | expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process.; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months" |
| ~ evict | expel or eject without recourse to legal process.; "The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m." |
| ~ eject, turf out, boot out, chuck out, exclude, turn out | put out or expel from a place.; "The unruly student was excluded from the game" |
| flee | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. flee, fly, take flight | run away quickly.; "He threw down his gun and fled" |
| ~ break | make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing.; "The ranks broke" |
| ~ stampede | run away in a stampede. |
| ~ abscond, absquatulate, go off, make off, run off, decamp, bolt | run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along.; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe" |
| ~ elope, run off | run away secretly with one's beloved.; "The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas" |
| ~ escape, get away, break loose | run away from confinement.; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison" |
| ~ fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail, run, bunk, break away, escape | flee; take to one's heels; cut and run.; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" |
| ~ high-tail | retreat at full speed.; "The actress high-tailed to her villa when reporters began to follow her to the restaurant" |
| ~ defect, desert | desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army.; "If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot" |
| run away | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail | flee; take to one's heels; cut and run.; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" |
| ~ go forth, leave, go away | go away from a place.; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" |
| ~ flee, take flight, fly | run away quickly.; "He threw down his gun and fled" |
| ~ skedaddle | run away, as if in a panic. |
| v. (motion) | 2. run away | escape from the control of.; "Industry is running away with us all" |
| ~ escape, get away, break loose | run away from confinement.; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison" |
| scram | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. bugger off, buzz off, fuck off, get, scram | leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form.; "Scram!" |
| ~ go forth, leave, go away | go away from a place.; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" |
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